Section 144-283-4 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEWBORN BLOODSPOT SPECIMEN COLLECTION FROM INFANTS BORN IN MAINE BUT NOT IN A HOSPITAL OR BIRTHING CENTERA. If an infant is delivered outside a hospital or birthing center by a midwife or principal birthing attendant who is qualified to draw blood, that person must collect an NBS specimen by a heel stick in accordance with Section 7, complete the filter paper form, and ship the specimen and form to the designated screening laboratory within 24 hours after collection of the specimen.B. The midwife or principal birthing attendant must record in the infant's record the fact that the NBS specimen was collected, including the date and time of collection, and that the filter paper form was completed and forwarded to the designated screening laboratory.C. If the midwife or principal birthing attendant is not qualified to draw blood, he or she must: 1. Inform the parent(s) about the screening tests and the relevant State law;2. Direct the parent(s) to see an individual qualified to draw blood and have the infant tested within 24-48 hours of life;3. Contact the parent(s) by the third day of life to verify that the infant has been tested; and 4.Keep a written record of each of the actions required under this rule.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 283, § 4